Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 14, Hadith 262
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: النِّعَمُ تُكْفَرُ، وَالرَّحِمُ تُقْطَعُ، وَلَمْ نَرَ مِثْلَ تَقَارُبِ الْقُلُوبِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn Maysara, from Tawus, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: ‘Blessings are met with ingratitude, kinship ties are severed, but we have seen nothing like hearts drawing close to one another.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
النِّعَمُ تُكْفَرُ، وَالرَّحِمُ تُقْطَعُ،
The passive تُكْفَرُ can mean that blessings are denied or met with ingratitude; in context, ingratitude is likely intended.
Confirm the idiomatic rendering of تُكْفَرُ.